Interview
List of Interview articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 An Island Divided
Cyprus's president talks to Foreign Policy about why Turkey is blocking a resolution to his nation's reunification.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Chained in the Colombian Jungle
The FARC's most famous hostage, Ingrid Betancourt, tells FP what six-and-a-half years of captivity in the jungle felt like.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Corrupt Democracy
Should the Barack Obama administration keep giving aid to the corrupt government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai? Kenyan whistle-blower John Githongo tells FP why pluralism and freedom will never thrive when everyone from officials to cab drivers are skimming off the top.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Not Settling For Less
Foreign Policy speaks to Daniel Dayan, a leader of the Israeli West Bank settler movement, about holding Benjamin Netanyahu to his word, and how if Barack Obama were any worse he’d be Bill Clinton.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Green Light
Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, daughter of Iran's powerful Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and a prominent advocate of the Green Movement, speaks to Foreign Policy about the future of Iran's opposition and her (low) opinion of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 State Department Innovator Goes to Google
Jared Cohen, a high-profile advocate of the State Department's forays into "21st-century statecraft," is leaving Foggy Bottom for New York. In an exclusive interview with FP, he talks about his time at State and his new project: building a "think/do tank" called Google Ideas.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Changed Climate Skeptic?
Bjorn Lomborg has long infuriated environmental activists with his contrarian views on global warming. Has he now embraced their cause?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Swoons Over Miami
A conversation with author Saskia Sassen, who coined the term "global city." As she tells FP: Don't focus only on London and New York. The rest of the world should want to be the next Miami.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Grain Pains
Imagine if the drought this summer near Moscow happened near Chicago or Beijing. Lester Brown has, and he's afraid.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What’s It Like to Be a Tourist in North Korea?
An American business professor, Patrick Chovanec, visits fields, casinos, and kindergartens in North Korea -- and explains how the Hermit Kingdom is and is not like Mordor.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Googlopolis
Eric Schmidt tells FP what makes a city smart, how not to lose $1 trillion -- and the one place he's never been.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 “It’s Going to Make a Huge Mess”
The man who coined the term "global warming" looks back at 35 years of climate change.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Papandreou’s Odyssey
The Greek prime minister has gone from leader of the socialist party to wielding the axe against entitlements -- and his long journey has just begun. In an exclusive interview, George Papandreou looks to the future and talks to FP about the Herculean tasks ahead.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Interview: Marjane Satrapi
An acclaimed Iranian graphic artist and filmmaker tells FP why Iran is changing -- and how her stories have become a window into revolutionary Iran.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Long Emergency
Barack Obama's administration is taking an expansive, ambitious approach to global health. Does that mean giving up on combating HIV/AIDS?